Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Franklin city, VA
How Franklin city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 14
- 4 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.7M
- On personal care products and services · $778 a household
- Spending per listing
- $192K
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.5
- 73% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,478
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Franklin city comes to about $2.7M a year: $778 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $192K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 55% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 14 hair salons on map listings in Franklin city as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 29%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 40.5 per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Franklin city, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin city grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Franklin city compares
The same measures for Virginia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Franklin city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.5 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $192K | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $778 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,245 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 144 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Franklin city, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Franklin city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,478+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,454
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 8 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 997
- Median household income
- $63,245
- Average household income
- $74,218
- Median home value
- $256,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,977
- Daytime population
- 8,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 98 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.7M | +17.4% | #1 of 2,339 |
| 2Clarke County, VA | 91 | 7 | 11.9 | $916K | +5.4% | #8 of 2,339 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 90 | 11 | 9.2 | $1M | +11.3% | #11 of 2,339 |
| 4Fluvanna County, VA | 88 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.5M | +6.2% | #18 of 2,339 |
| 5Rockingham County, VA | 85 | 23 | 7.0 | $1.3M | +6.6% | #36 of 2,339 |
| 6Louisa County, VA | 85 | 13 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +13.6% | #37 of 2,339 |
| 7New Kent County, VA | 85 | 15 | 16.2 | $689K | +21.2% | #40 of 2,339 |
| 8Frederick County, VA | 84 | 35 | 9.9 | $1M | +8.8% | #44 of 2,339 |
| 9King George County, VA | 82 | 9 | 8.9 | $1.2M | +10.5% | #57 of 2,339 |
| 10Dinwiddie County, VA | 80 | 9 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +3.6% | #72 of 2,339 |
| Franklin city, VA | Not scored | 14 | 40.5 | $192K | +4.1% |
Other business types in Franklin city
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Franklin city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 hair salons in Franklin city. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Franklin city: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $2.7M a year, or $778 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $192K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,454 households in Franklin city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin city, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Franklin city has 40.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $192K, 55% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Franklin city would have about 6, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Franklin city at 8,478 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,454 households. Median household income in Franklin city is $63,245, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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